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Beaten Zone fund wins approval, targets AUD $451m defence tech

Beaten Zone Venture Capital Fund 1 has gained Early Stage Venture Capital registration, targeting AUD $451m in defence tech investments with tax benefits for partners.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Thu, 17th Jul 2025

Wearables

Huawei Watch GT 5 Series launches in Australia, from AUD $289

Huawei's Watch GT 5 Series launches in Australia from AUD $289, offering up to 14 days battery, advanced health tracking, and rugged design features.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Jul 2025

Cartech

Honeywell acquires Li-ion Tamer to boost battery fire safety

Honeywell acquires Li-ion Tamer from Nexceris to enhance early detection and prevent fires in lithium-ion batteries amid soaring global demand.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Jul 2025

Global Stories

Building materials stories

Wearables

Apple Watch Series 11 adds hypertension alerts, longer life

Apple Watch Series 11 adds hypertension alerts and sleep scoring, with longer battery life and enhanced durability starting at NZD $749.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Sep 2025

Supply Chain

Exclusive: Manifest's Marc Frankel on AI supply chain security

Manifest's Marc Frankel highlights the need for specialised supply chain security to address risks posed by AI technologies in business operations.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Fri, 5th Sep 2025

Supply Chain

AI reshapes embedded software as firms face new security risks

AI integration in embedded software rises, with 89.3% using AI coding tools, yet 21.1% doubt their security against AI-specific risks, says Black Duck report.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Aug 2025

Unified Communications

Xanadu teams up with Mitsubishi Chemical for quantum chip advances

Xanadu and Mitsubishi Chemical partner to use quantum computing for improving semiconductor chip production via advanced EUV lithography simulations.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 4th Jul 2025

Microsoft Windows

Hands-on Review: Cricut Maker 4 brings pro-grade crafting to the desktop

The Cricut Maker 4 is a powerful, fast desktop tool for precise DIY crafting, but its software issues may test users' patience.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Jun 2025

Supply Chain

BlueVoyant unveils SBOM tool to tackle third-party software risk

BlueVoyant has launched a Software Bill of Materials tool to help firms manage third-party software risks and improve supply chain cyber defence.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Jun 2025

Digital Transformation

Lineaje survey reveals software supply chain security gaps

Lineaje's survey reveals software supply chain security gaps, with 48% of experts missing SBOM compliance amid rising AI-related risks and vulnerabilities.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 29th May 2025

Private Cloud

NTT DATA unveils Smart AI Agent Ecosystem for business growth

NTT DATA launches Smart AI Agent Ecosystem to boost business transformation with intelligent automation and industry-specific AI solutions worldwide.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 5 min read • Fri, 16th May 2025

Software-as-a-Service

Cybersecurity spend to surpass $200B as risks surge

Global cybersecurity spending is set to exceed USD $200 billion in 2024 as firms boost defences against rising cyber threats amid digital growth.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 5 min read • Thu, 15th May 2025

Unified Communications

Semiconductor materials market set to reach USD $119.8 billion

The electronics and semiconductor materials market is set to more than double from USD $58.0bn in 2023 to USD $119.8bn by 2034, driven by tech advances and digitisation.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 1st May 2025

Supply Chain

Massive attack on GitHub affects over 23,000 repositories

A recent cyber attack has compromised over 23,000 GitHub repositories, raising alarms over software supply chain security and the exploitation of trusted components.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Mar 2025

Stories from Other Regions

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Fintech

New Zealand startups at Showcase raise nearly USD $2 billion

New Zealand startups pitching at Icehouse Ventures' Showcase have raised nearly USD $2 billion in funding over 15 years, boosting local innovation and jobs.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 29th Aug 2025

Application Security

Manifest unveils AI Risk module to boost enterprise AI security

Manifest launches AI Risk module to provide enterprises with automated, real-time governance enhancing AI model security and supply chain transparency.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Tue, 5th Aug 2025

Digital Transformation

Exclusive: Katalyze AI's document digitizing software accelerating pharma processing

Katalyze AI's document digitizing software is speeding up pharmaceutical processing, boosting efficiency in the pharma industry.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Jul 2025

Software-as-a-Service

Azul enhances Java security detection, cutting false positives by 99%

Azul's new Java security tool cuts false positives by 99%, boosting detection accuracy and helping DevOps teams focus on real risks in production code.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Jun 2025